Dave took a deep breath as he walked into school. He was so nervous. Why was he so nervous? He could do this.

He didn't know what he'd worried about with his dad. He'd taken it very well. In fact, he'd acted like it was absolutely no biggie. Then he'd done the whole 'Thanks for telling me. I'm proud of you.' Even though Dave knew his father was probably obliged to say that, it kept him happy for the rest of the day.

But now he was nervous.

He found Azimio where he'd asked to meet him in the locker room. Azimio shot him a questioning look as he entered, but Dave just ushered him over to the bench where they sat about a foot apart.

"Dude, what's going on?" Azimio asked, looking very concerned now.

"Z. You're like a bro to me, yeah?" Azimio nodded. "Well I need to tell you something. I don't want you to be the last to find out."

"Go on..."

"You were right," Dave said, earning a confused glance from Azimio. "Yesterday, by the lockers. You were right."

"You're saying that you're..." Azimio scrunched up his face trying to think of a good way to say it but settled with "gay?"

Dave nodded, biting at his gums with anxiety, but Azimio grinned at him.

"Dude, really? You think I didn't know?"

Dave stared at him, his mouth slightly agape. "What?" was all he could say and Azimio chuckled at him.

"I've known you for, what, 8 years now? You stare at Hummel the same way you stare at an ice cold McFlurry in the summer. I think I know what it looks like when my best friend is eye fucking someone."

Dave continued to stare at him in confusion. "Then what was all that about yesterday?"

"Just testing. I was kind of hoping you'd tell me soon but apparently you're further in the closet than that chick from Narnia," Azimio explained.

"And you're cool with that?"

"Course, man. If I wasn't I'd have no one to play Halo with!" Azimio joked, giving Dave a friendly slap on the back. "So spill about Hummel."

"It's kind of a long story?" Dave warned him.

"I've got time."

So Dave explained everything from the whole locker room kiss (both boys glanced around the locker room when this was mentioned) to the phone call and how they'd become close and sort of started dating but Kurt had ended it after that little scenario in the hall.

"Is that why you decided to tell me?"

"Sort of. I was kind of preparing myself. I told my dad and I thought if he took it bad I'd leave it at that for a while, but he took it really well. After that I kind of felt ready to tell anyone and everyone, even if I'm a little nervous about it."

"Well, why not?"

"Why not what?"

"Tell anyone and everyone. If you're going to tell them eventually you may as well make it now. I'm not going to palm you off on someone else because you're more interested in some guys ass than in a playboy magazine," laughed Azimio.

"You serious?"

"Yup. About both."

Dave looked at him, his head tilted slightly left. As much as he wanted to both cringe and laugh about his best friends' observations, he couldn't believe what he was proposing.

"How would I tell everyone? I can't just stand up in the middle of the lunch room and say it," Dave grumbled.

"Don't say it. If you really want fancy that much show it. Show everyone. If you're going to show them you're gay may as well do it in the gayest way possible and I'm sure he wouldn't object."

"Huh, I guess I could do that..." The thought made him nervous, but also happy. Coming out and showing Kurt how much he didn't care about what others thought was like killing two birds with one stone.

"Yes you can!"

"You realise this means I'm going to be bottom of the food chain now, right? I'll probably get killed for this!"

"Nah. I'm sure everyone would think twice about touching you. Dude, you're like a rock. And there's me too. I'm sure I can throw a few punches if someone says anything. Anyway, Hudson's doing alright and he's in Glee club. He basically threw away his cool card but he doesn't really get stick for it," Azimio said. It was true. Okay, so he'd been harassed about it at first, but now everyone was kind of over it. Maybe it would be the same with Dave.

"I guess so. I'll think about it then."

"You better. I don't want you wimping out. I'm all out of pep talk!" Dave laughed at his best friend.

"Don't worry I'll get there eventually. But for now, we're late for Maths," Dave told him and Azimio's head snapped up to look at the clock above the door of the locker room.

"Oh crap. I'm going to get killed!" Azimio exclaimed.

"Don't worry dude. Just blame it on the gay kid," Dave joked. He found it was easier to make jokes about it than he'd thought.

The both rushed off to maths, but Dave knew that he wouldn't concentrate. He had a lot of planning to do.

The lunch time bell rang out and Dave was making his way to the canteen, his hand constantly busy fumbling with his shirt. He stood in the doorway of the canteen, glancing around the crowded room. His eyes found Azimio, who gave him a wink and stuck his thumb up. Instead of heading over, he continued to glance around until his eyes fell on Kurt. With a deep breath he made his way towards him.

Kurt noticed him walking over when he was about 5 metres away and watched him as he approached. When he reached the table crammed with mainly Glee kids, he took another deep breath and tried to ignore the eyes which were burning into his back.

"Kurt. Can you come here a minute?" he mumbled. Kurt stood and walked closer to him, narrowing his eyes in confusion.

"Dave, what are you doing?" he whispered.

"I need to tell you something. I-I don't care about other people knowing any more. I want to be with you and I'm not ashamed of it. I'm not ashamed of me. Who cares if people know? I have you and my dad and Azimio and that's enough for me."

"You don't have to. Not for me. Do this for yourself," Kurt told him, but Dave shook his head.

"I am," he whispered and leaned in, carefully pressing his lips against Kurt's. He heard people around him stop and look, whispers, and a faint wolf whistle which he suspected was Azimio but he didn't care. He didn't want to ever not be able to do this. Ever.

When he pulled back, the whole canteen was staring. He still didn't care. He rested his forehead against Kurt's and whispered, "I'm so sorry that you even felt that I was ashamed of you. You don't deserve that, but I can't lose you. You mean too much to me."

"You mean a lot to me too but are you ready for this? The rumours are going to spread like wild fire. I don't want you getting hurt."

"I won't get hurt. I promise. I still have my family and my best friend and I have you to keep me going."

"Well I guess I'd better tell you something Dave," Kurt mumbled with a crooked smile.

"What's that?"

"I love you," Kurt whispered.

"That's good, because I love you too," Dave told him,

Later that day, Kurt and Dave were sat in Kurt's living room, Kurt leaning on Dave's shoulder.

"I'm really proud of you, y'know," Kurt said, staring at the ceiling as he did so.

"I know," Dave told him. He moved his arm so it was resting around Kurt's shoulders and Kurt shuffled closer to him. "I kind of wish I'd done it earlier, to be honest."

"Really? Did you get any hassle for it?"

"Really. And no, I think people are still in shock. Either that or Z really did threaten to kill anyone who said anything," Dave informed him with a laugh.

"Maybe. I'm glad you have him there for you," Kurt confessed.

"I am too. Otherwise I'd be a dead man right now."

"We wouldn't want that would we?"

"Kurt, did you really mean what you said?" Dave asked curiously. Kurt turned his head to look up at Dave, who was watching him with soft eyes.

"What that I love you?"Kurt asked. When Dave nodded he smiled at him. "Yeah I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it!" He turned around, tucking his shoulder further under Dave's arm. "I love you, David Karofsky."

Dave beamed at the boy in his arms and bent down to press his lips to Kurt's lips. He smiled at him when they broke apart and whispered, "I love you too, Kurt Hummel."

And in that moment when Kurt leaned up to kiss him again, he swore he'd never been happier in his whole life and he would never regret that day. He would never regret that phone call that brought him closer to Kurt. As long as he had the boy he loved saying those three little words, nothing would ever hurt him again.

The End

Omg finished! I hope you enjoyed this and if you didn't well apologies :') I've really enjoyed writing this and I would like to thank every single person who reviewed or alerted etc etc. I'd just like to let you all know that I do recognise the people who are reviewing a lot so a big special thank you to those people. And thank you to everyone who's read. You're awesome!

One last big thank you because I just can't say it enough and I'll be working on finishing my other fics now :)